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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
In 1961, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy brought an elegance and glamour to the White House that has rarely been matched. At times public interest in her seemed to overshadow even that of her husband, President John Kennedy, who during a state visit to France good-humoredly introduced himself as "the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris." Her quiet dignity after her husband's 1963 assassination only increased public admiration for her. In 1968 she married Aristotle Onassis, a Greek shipping magnate. After his death, she had a long career in publishing, remaining an object of popular fascination until her own death.
This likeness appeared on Time's cover on the eve of President Kennedy's inauguration in 1961. Mrs. Kennedy was not especially relishing the prospect of being first lady; Time reported that she found it all rather "frightening." The baby carriage on the White House balcony is a reference to John F. Kennedy Jr., born on November 25, 1960.
Boris Chaliapin, 1960-1961 |